CCS in the North Sea region: A comparison on the cost-effectiveness of storing CO2 in the Utsira formation at regional and national scales

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1517-1532

  Strachan, Neil ^a   Hoefnagels, Ric ^b   Ramírez, Andrea ^b   van den Broek, Machteld ^b   Fidje, Audun ^c   Espegren, Kari ^c   Seljom, Pernille ^c   Blesl, Markus ^d   Kober, Tom ^d   Grohnheit, Poul Erik ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS); Climate change; Energy modelling; European Union; Utsira

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECARBONIZATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FOSSIL FUELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; COUNTRY DIFFERENCES; ENERGY MODELLING; EUROPEAN UNION; LOW-CARBON ELECTRICITIES; TRANS-BOUNDARY ELECTRICITY; TRANSBOUNDARY FLOW; UTSIRA;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81455158841     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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